The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1970

1 eard of an Felix? It never entered 11 ,f mind that in ju t twenty year )~r little river town would develop nto one of the fa te t growing citie n the \\ orld. In the early fiftie there were few ~ublic chool . Many of the children Je\'er attended chool. Their parent did not have the money to buy ..lothing and book . The Bapti t Church opened a Chri tian Day chool but it could not accommodate all the children who did not attend he public chool . Lot of kid did not go to school becaur.e they thought 1 t \\ as a waste of time. They u ed to "av: .. Who need an education in a ~all town?' Iy fabher a,w thing differently. He was determined that 10 pite of hi poverty his children vere going to get an education. And that war. that! It wa about this time that people started to show an intere t in our our town. Geologi t began to explore the nearby regions. oon they were announcing the discovery of large deposits of oil. iron, coal gold, dia– monds and many other valuable mineral . Our little town burst into life. Soon the town of Puerto Ordaz sprang up on the other ide of the ri, 1 er. Thou and of people began flooding into the area. Then on July 2. 1961 came the really big day for u . The towns of an Felix and Puerto Ordaz were officially united to form the city of Ciudad Guayana. To top off the celebration our gov– ernment announced that it was pre– pared to pend up to 10% of the national inve tment to develop our area. There \\,a no doubt about it. omeone cared. I \\'a very fortunate . Having moved here a·3 a child and having attended public chool I got 1n on the ground 11oor. When the governmen1 built it fir t technical school I wa a mem– ber of the fir t cla s. Later I went 011 to the niversity in araca . \~/'.hen I returned a ne\\ bridge had lJ n cons tructed ac1 oss the ( aroni ri,er. "choo)·:) parks and a var iet y of tores were being built. oon I \\ a cngro cd in drawing plc.1n~ for the t\.\ o l1uge h droelectric dan1s tha t are no\\ located n rh . hen it \\' as ., n to la} 1 ing out th I, rge indL1strial co111pJ tl1at \\'OU Id pro ide jol, for tl1ou and of 11 \'- w rker . f coti~e all tlii ti1111e I \\,t 111oving tlJJ th ladd .. r eco11 n1icall} and o ial!)f, l 111arr1ed i11o n f th l) t fan1ilic 1r ea t rn \ I I zt1ela anll n v. l1dv I f11 l11ldre11 . ] t llU fat f 1J11 n a. lit 11j ) ing tll l>en - 111~, k of r>i1 i1t1- 1H OHIO INDEPENOENl SAPllST al thing . I wa up to my ear in a hou ing project. With over two hundred new f amilie moving into the area every week the demand for hou ing oon out tripped the upply. Thou andr. of tin hack now reflect the unlight off the hill . I know how the e people feel and live for I remember my own cbild.hoo·d. The wor t part i that no one eems to care. But I DO care about my people. That i why i am involved in thi low-co t hou ing development. I want them to have good homes. job and an education. By 19 0 there will be over a half million people living here . I mu t help them. All thi poor hou ing breed a greait dea] of crime and immorality. If I can help elimin– ate the e condition I can h elp elimin– ate the in that re ult from it. o can you ee why I don't have time for piritual thing ? ow don't ge.t me wrong. While there are no large cathedralr. we do have everal Catholic churche . In many area ma an·d confe sion are held in the public chool building becau e there ha not been time to build a church. There are some non- Cedarville Co e Li cry CAd r itJ~ O J c 3 Catholic groups al o. The Jehovah· Witne e , eventh Da1 Advent1 t and Penteco tal group are growing rapidl y. There are at least four Bap- t1 t churche . We even have orth merican mi , s.ionarie.3 . Bapti t Mid- fi ion ha two couple and three ingle ladie in the city. But what are the 1 among 300,000? The)' can never reach all of u with the go pel. The)- ay that only Chri t can solve the prob– lem of immorality, crime and hatred. But I don 't believe them. If yot1 orth American really cared abot1t u·~ and our piritual prob·lem 1 ·ou would end more mi ionarie . Why not? You end hundred to help u economically and culturally but to meet our piritual need . onl:y even people. ome on no~. Let' face it . You don't reall y care about u . vVhat difference doe it make to you if we are lost in in a )"OU claim? You ma)' cry out in prote t but if you want to pr ve yot1 car . do omething. While you a 1 ) ' OU care, I'm demon trat1ng that I do. Either come down here your elf or end mi ionarie . That will be proof enough for me. THE CLEVELAND HEBREW MISSION P. 0 . Box 18056, Cleveland, Ohio 4411 8 Founded 1904 FUNDAMENTAL - BAPTISTIC - EVANGELISTIC E,,a ngelizing the "kins111en" of our l.ord in C1e,,eland, Ohio Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, l}razil OFFICERS:- l\1r. George B. Dunn, President Dr. Ralph H . Stoll , \l ice President Rev. Gerald V. Smelser, Siiperintendent Rev. A. Paul Tidball, Asst. Supt. Mr. Earl Helfrick, Sec'y-Treas. nrFFnENCES :- Dr. John G. Salvo, Cleveland, Ohio nev . Paul \ 1 an Gorder, Atlanta, Ga. ne,·. \ 1 augh n Sprunger , South Bend, Ind. ne\' Tlo"d :\lorris. Flint, !\1ich. Dr Tinbcrt f(etcham, Chicago, Ill. Re, . l oel Ke ttenring, t. Paul. 1inn. nev 1\lel, in \ ' Efa,v, Huntington, \\T. Va . Dr . Frank C T orre"'. Boca Raton, Fla . Dr I{enneth 1'1'>teller, I Iaddon I1 t<;., J. Write for your FREE copy o f " The Trump eter for lsu,el" ou r quarterly magazine devoted to the work of Jewish evangelism. Nine Alarming Facts! J . ::dgar Hoover. D11 cct r ol the I~.B.l . and tru ... tee ol the -.lltt)nal ])1c"h' teri an ('httrch 1 n \\ a\h1n~1on. D. C . c111ph.1"1,c" ,lg,11n ")11lt" l t th" tl11ng" ah<)tll \\h1ch An1c r1can~ ~h t1l(i he CL)11ccrncd anti ,\"ih .. 1n1~tl. 1. 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